Rocks From Space Picture of the Day

March 7, 2006

Santa Vitorio do Palmar

(provisonal)

334 gram endcut

Classification results currently under restriction. A total of three individuals were recovered in 2003 and 2004 by different finders approx. 4 km apart. The location has been known by the locals as the fall sight of a spectacular fireball from June 26, 1997 which was witnessed by hundreds of fisherman and villagers. It was not untill 2003 that the shifting coastal sands uncovered the first find. Although the salty soil of the find location provided an aggessive envionment to the meteorite, significant portions of the main mass still show fusion crust and almost unaltered interior.

Photo courtesy: Dr. Svend Buhl (www.niger-meteorite-recon.de)

Author & editor: Michael Johnson (SPACEROCKSINC.com)